US General says ISIS will be crushed in Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Army General John Nicholson (L), commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) hold a news conference at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The U.S. military is going to crush the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Afghanistan, the top American general in the country has said after President Donald Trump announced Washington’s new strategy in the region. Speaking to reporters in Kabul Thursday, General John Nicholson said the U.S. would not only defeat ISIS, but Al-Qaeda, and the…